ohlala
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| Vandersteen Quatro Wood CT Don’t know if the filter is an additional charge when buying new, but Vandersteen now markets the Quatro evo, which does not use one. Speakers are tough to set up in general. I think the filter and eq setup looks relatively easy. Maybe easier over... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? I could more think more deeply about my competitive nature and how it relates to audio, but I am not one to duel others by recording system playback to phones and uploading those recordings to YouTube. | |
| Looking to Develop A Short List of Amplifier Candidates For A Pair Of JBL 4367 Speakers I used to to own the 4367. They will play loud no matter what. The sensitivity has little meaning with them. The issue is what is needed to control the woofer, so it is as congruent as it can be with the midrange/tweeter. The woofer is the best pa... | |
| Electronic cross-over on pre-amp out, to split signal to subwoofer and bookshelf speakers I used a CR1 to eliminate the vertical axial room mode at ~60Hz from the speakers. It was easy to hear and measure ( using REW) the difference. This is with two different speakers. I did not realize a distortion reduction or improved volume over... | |
| What's a good alternative to SF amati g5? Rosso Fiorentino - paper and silk dome drivers. The tweeters are fantastic sounding. Italian, but I do not know of a recent price hike. | |
| Havelock Wool acoustic panels vs fiberglass/Rockwool Another option is recycled denim/cotton like echo verb or soundproof cow. Moo. In theory broad band panels are generally more effective. You may want to experiment doubling them up or have them offset from the wall/ceiling to maximize midrange ab... | |
| Subwoofer Phase Control Phase adjustment is frequency specific; I assume it is set at the crossover point for most subs. This allows one to marry the frequency response between speakers and subs at that point. One could do it by ear with a test tone, but then the user is... | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? Had a pair 4367. Woofer sensitivity is 94db with the mid/tweeter resisted to match. A seventy-WPC VAC amp and a 150-watt Hegel amp could not properly control the woofers. I had a sense of it at the time, but it was obvious after replacing them wit... | |
| Cary Audio CD Player 306/200 Upgrading a transport Using the Bricasti renderer is way better than a Cary 303 I used a transport through AES. There was a big decrease in distortion. I have not tried another CD transport. Extrapolating with digital chains can be misleading, but I would try a new CD... | |
| No one talks about Purist Audio Design cables. inna, I have not experienced Neptune, and the dominus came with ferox. People who purchase these older fluid-filled cables should be prepared to send them to PAD for ferox fill as there is low chance they are still filled with fluid. "I will... | |
| No one talks about Purist Audio Design cables. Musaeus and HDI are such soft sounding cables, I have since stayed from the less expensive lines. I have Proteus and Dominus B interconnects now. Both are heavy cables which need strain relief for the jacks. The dominus is ridiculously unwieldy, v... | |
| Does ROON sound different? With a sonictransporter to Bricasti renderer via ethernet the difference between jplay/mconnect and Roon is small. I would say Roon is a bit softer in the upper midrange and images do not stand out in such relief as jplay. That is for better or wo... | |
| Best $10-15K bookshelf speaker? I have a strong preference for the TAD me1 over the sopra, like it is less opinion and more a fact the TAD is better. The ME1 stands have a nice feature that allows one to zip tie the cables to them, so they do not work loose at the binding posts.... | |
| Wattgate IEC does not fit tight. I have the same problem with wattage connectors. I just rubber-banded the connecter to the footer of the DAC to which it is connected. | |
| Gryphon Diablo 300 to cornwall iv That could be a great match. IME those JBLs require about 300 watts to realize good response from the woofers....and the woofers are outstanding. |